Four Common Diagnostic Problems that Inhibit Radon Mitigation |
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| Authors: | Michael C Osbome |
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| Institution: | Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , Research Triangle Park , North Carolina , USA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract An activated sludge aeration tank (40 × 40 × 300 cm, width × length × height) with a set of 2-mm orifice air spargers was used to treat gas-borne volatile organic compounds (VOCs; toluene, p-xylene, and dichloromethane) in air streams. The effects of liquid depth (Z), aeration intensity (G/A), the overall mass-transfer rate of oxygen in clean water (K L a O2 ), the Henry’s law constant of the tested VOC (H), and the influent gaseous VOC concentration (C 0) on the efficiency of removal of VOCs were examined and compared with a literature-cited model. Results show that the measured VOC removal efficiencies and those predicted by the model were comparable at a G/A of 3.75–11.25 m3/m2·hr and C 0 of ～1000–6000 mg/m3. Experimental data also indicated that the designed gas treatment reactor with K L a O2 = 5–15 hr?1 could achieve >85% removal of VOCs with H = 0.24–0.25 at an aerated liquid depth of 1 m and >95% removal of dichloromethane with H = 0.13 at a 1-m liquid depth. |
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